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SLOW COOKER GINGERBREAD STEEL CUT OATS

Steel cut oats cook up beautifully in the slow cooker. Put this gingerbread-spiced breakfast in your slow cooker before you go to bed and wake up to a Christmas morning-worthy breakfast.

Yield: Serves 6.

July 02, 2019

SLOW COOKER GINGERBREAD STEEL CUT OATS

Ingredients

  • 5 1/2 cups water
  • 1 1/2 cups steel-cut oats
  • 2 tbsp fancy molasses
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp ground cloves
  • 3/4 cup dried cranberries or raisin

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients except cranberries in a 6 quart slow cooker.
  2. Cover and cook on low heat setting until porridge is thick and creamy, about 6 - 8 hours. Uncover and stir in cranberries.
Nutritional analysis per serving:

222 calories, 2.7 g fat, 5.9 g protein, 48.7 g carbohydrate, 4.9 g fibre, 391 mg sodium
Tip:

Look for steel-cut oats in natural food stores, specialty food stores or large grocery stores in the natural foods section or the aisle where oats are sold. If desired, 5 slices fresh ginger (1/8 inch thick each), 3 whole cloves and 1 broken cinnamon stick may be placed in a cheesecloth bag and added to the slow cooker instead of dried spices. Remove and discard cheesecloth bag and its contents and stir 1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg into porridge before serving.

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